The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-07-23
= Destructive Rain Storm.

Cecil county as VISITED on Thursday by
one of the heaviest rain storms that ha
been experienced for years. Rain fell To-
four or five hours; for two hours in torrents
! The roads of the county We're badly washed
and number Of bridges torn away. Their,
/ were bad washun.s on the line OF the tw,
raj Iro.iiS travcr~ins thv county.
! The large covered bridge over the Lttl,
! North East creek AT Mechanics Valley
which is said to have Stood TIE storms o
over Il halt century was carried away. a
small bridge on the Elkton and Chesapeake
| road Wis washed away. The Mccullough
| Iron COMPANY : works ut North East were
| II coded and 10 600 bushels of charcoal and
% tons of coke washed away. At that place
| the Culycrt opposite the poSioili.'r on Main
street was washed away. At one time il
VAS Thought the p"Stotli T., sur "lrr and
, ft'r."h i;rcdy : Store would liud watcry
gave. Several families were compelled 10
move ont on Bridge street, North East and
nearly all the cellars in that part of the
toNu were filled and he first II ;urs of some
houses inundated 6olrdwalkS, fences, pig
pens, etc, Went at III waters bidding
Boat, ~ -. * uis were washed duwA
the river. Boats We're rOwcd mp and down
the streets. MIR. John Bryson suffers great
loss. lie - : .,.tE,i,nGr auI everything is a
cO'np,r .t,u i.-Jrly ~! being washed apt
by lie roots. Postmaster NlCrackcn had
10 yacitr lis oltIc: for several Tours, taking
the most important books ou. \ temporary
bridge : being constructed where the cub
vert Wa Tine .,s4 in North Est j. prob
ably ::.,ooa ". w aud !. { DAY lost
considerable iumbrt.
Tn" Seuri"u.In WHO .,.- panied tEr
WHI'' reporter ii hi, ttaE"l, - ascertain
the extent Of the dant." stat. That in
nearly 4C years experience in travelling over
Cecil county roa,i> he had not :, IN them
50 bad.
The Philadelphia extension OF the Baiti-
more and ohio railroad wa, til. worst >uf-
terer, travel b.in. ohstruct"d ~ 'hrae iif.
terent places III Crcjt county. The most
serious break on the road was near Elder
station, which is on the county road lead
ing from Elkton TO West Nottingham. The
The Lindsay Cattle Pass bridge, or bridge
''NO. II Is, j" as it is differently called by
railroad men, gave way shortly before one
o'clock under Il fret sht train. This is about
an eighth of mile trom Eler station. The
Philadelphia and Baltimore express, west
bound, had Just passed over, and was stop
ped by orders at Elder, ow ing to a bad wash
ont ahead. The New York freight, west
bound, was standing over the bridge when
it gave way, and two cars loaded with gem
erai merchandise We're precipitated about
thirty feet below. Construction trains were
early on hand, and 100 men were soon at
work endeavoring to clear away the wr elk
w. y. Pratt, engine r of maintenance of
way, was in charge. AS much as possible
of the fIei, ht was taken out of the cars.
Lemons, bonnetS, prepared food for babies,
clothing and other things were incongru
ously mix |. 1t was after seven
o'clock before the freight cars We're gotten
ont of the way. They We're Knocked over
into the abyss and are total loss. Work
was at once commence 4 to ere 1t tempo,
rary wooden bridge.
This was not cornpet, until live or six
o'clock the next morning, which made
stoppage of travel for about eighteen hours.
The track was also blocked near Leslie
station, a few miles west from Elder, Il cul
vel being impossible. The earth was
wash away from the track, leaN .ng the
rats sw rs ns. A. Foy's Hill cut the earth
was waSh' down on the track l,om above
about tiv. miles from the Susquehanua
river. on the Cecil side. There was ON
Thursday evening a force OF probably Il
hundred men at work at this place, and it
W. repaired by 10 o'clock that night.
There were also bad washes on the Pnila.
delphia Wilmington and Baltimore Rail-
road. At Bacon Hill cur, three miles south
OF E!ktou. the sand washed from above
dow i on the track. The track WAS covered
in such Il way Us to prevent travel for thr
hours. The New York and WLshing,o n
express, leaving her usually at T.. 81 F. NJ,
d'd not get away anti $50 T.. NJ, and then
had TO pass dow d on the north bound .ack
North bound trains were held at Perry " t
Tor orders only the ole rack was il Use
Thursday evening. The New York and
Washington limited was two hours late \
la 'ge tprce OF men were wort pg a Bacon
Kin. There was also a washout ou the p
W. \ -. ! Low \oluh East.